So we got this pasta sauce from somewhere, and I used it with my spaghetti tonight. Those familiar with Sicilian cooking would of course recognize the name/flavor "puttanesca", implying the inclusion of baby pear tomatoes, black and green olives, capers, extra virgin olive oil, and anchovies. Legend has it that in a small seaside town of Sicily, a ( Read more... )

I wonder how he came up with these survey questions and multiple choice answers. Some are pretty weird. He definitely wants you to buy the silly book, though.


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So last month I got my fancy leather-bound piece of paper and my pink tassel (yes, B.Mus. is pink and B.A. is black). Now I have no job, no insurance, little money, and a lot of debt but am managing to get by. Tonight I take the course which will allow me to get my bartender's license, which will hopefully improve my options in the shitty job ( Read more... )

Tonight at 8pm in Lawrence University's Harper Hall there will be a concert entirely of my compositions. Voice, Composition, Theory, String, Piano, and various other faculty, staff and students will be there. My Brothers in Phi Kappa Tau and my Yuai family will get to mingle with my family/friends from NJ who arrived earlier today; Mom, Dad, Joshua ( Read more... )

Life has been very interesting as of late. Someone has brought out of me positive traits of my past. Shortly after meeting... off I go to New Jersey for two weeks. ... Figures ( Read more... )

12:25am Eastern Standard Time. 29 August 2006.
7 lbs 5 oz. 20 inches. Samantha Lee.
Holy crap... I'm a Godfather. Must leave... for hospital... now.

Tomorrow morning I take flight from dairyland to return to New Jersey. I can't wait to see all my friends back East. I fly from Milwaukee at 10:55 CST and arrive at Newark International at 13:58 EST. It's about time for this change of scene, even if it is only for two weeks. By the time I leave, I'll have a lovely new goddaughter and I will have ( Read more... )

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Hey all, one of my Brothers, whose life has been dramatically effected by this disease, is doing the AIDS walk and could use any little bit of help to reach his fundraising goal for this good cause. For all of you who know Chuck Erickson, he's doing his best to give back to the Wisconsin AIDS Crisis Center as he can, since they've helped him so ( Read more... )

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✓ I miss somebody right now.✓ I don't watch much TV these days.  (We don't have TV at home here.)✓ I own lots of books.  (but read very few, damned dyslexia)✓ I wear glasses or contact lenses.( Read more... )